Robert K. Overstreet

Robert K, Overstreet born in Jackson, MS on October 9, 1924 and passed away Monday, May 18, 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Noah Webster Overstreet Sr.; and his brother, Noah Webster Overstreet Jr. and wife, Hester.
He is survived by his sister, Ann Overstreet Albritton and her husband, B. R. Albritton Jr.; nieces, Theresa Overstreet Younce, Patricia Overstreet Miller, Dorothy O. Pratt, Mary O. Pruett, Kathy Kitchings Nowell and Karen Kitchings Higinbottham; nephew, Dr. Harold T. Kitchings Jr.; and special friend & associate, George White, Landscape Architect.
Robert Overstreet graduated from Jackson Central High School in 1942. He served his country as an officer in the U.S. Navy in World War II and in the Korean War conflict. He studied architecture at Tulane University, University of Texas, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma under Bruce Goff who was a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. He made an outstandingly notable career as an architect in San Francisco, CA with both national and international recognition. His file drawings have been donated to Mississippi State University along with his father's in the Architectural Department reference files. He was feathered with his father in "Overstreet and Overstreet, A Legacy in Architecture", March 6 -April 15, 1993 by The Mississippi Museum of Art. He excelled in unusual areas of architecture, including steep slope structures, mausoleums, libraries and houseboats.
In retirement, he moved to Scottsdale, AZ where he remained until his death.
He will be buried with full military honorers in the Arizona Memorial Cemetery in Scottsdale, AZ on Friday, May 22, 2009.